I've read the note on the first page that versions past 4.1.x won't work on older Puppies. I can confirm that's true. I had 4.0.3 working fine on Fluppy, but 4.1.2 and 4.1.4 won't run, even after recompressing the SFS to use gzip rather than xz compression.

If I run /opt/libreoffice4.1/program/soffice.bin I get either "Segmentation fault" or "Trace/breakpoint trap" or occasionally "Illegal instruction".

Is there no fix for this? It's not a big deal, I'm just curious to know what's changed with the v. 4.1.x releases and whether I can hack it to work...

I've read the note on the first page that versions past 4.1.x won't work on older Puppies. I can confirm that's true. I had 4.0.3 working fine on Fluppy, but 4.1.2 and 4.1.4 won't run, even after recompressing the SFS to use gzip rather than xz compression.

If I run /opt/libreoffice4.1/program/soffice.bin I get either "Segmentation fault" or "Trace/breakpoint trap" or occasionally "Illegal instruction".

Is there no fix for this? It's not a big deal, I'm just curious to know what's changed with the v. 4.1.x releases and whether I can hack it to work...

Actually even 4.0.6 doesn't work - same errors, even with pfix=ram. So 4.0.3 is the last one that'll work on this machine. I'd love to know why.

I've read the note on the first page that versions past 4.1.x won't work on older Puppies. I can confirm that's true. I had 4.0.3 working fine on Fluppy, but 4.1.2 and 4.1.4 won't run, even after recompressing the SFS to use gzip rather than xz compression.

If I run /opt/libreoffice4.1/program/soffice.bin I get either "Segmentation fault" or "Trace/breakpoint trap" or occasionally "Illegal instruction".

Is there no fix for this? It's not a big deal, I'm just curious to know what's changed with the v. 4.1.x releases and whether I can hack it to work...

Actually even 4.0.6 doesn't work - same errors, even with pfix=ram. So 4.0.3 is the last one that'll work on this machine. I'd love to know why.

have you tried the portable apps version? they're apparently up to 4.1.4 in that format. i've never personally actually ever used this format, but i can remember coming across various favorable things about it. in fact, i think the person who made the dropbox pet i've been using for the last two years or so derived it from that platform...

have you tried the pet version? i've had machines that work better one way than the other. I'm using precise 5.5 right now on this machine. around the time i upgraded LO from 3 to 4 on it, i lost the ability to cleanly install/buglessly use libreoffice sfs files--too many remnants of old installs or something. i got rid of what i could, went the pet route, and no problems since.

think i'll try to sfs route next time, just to see if the problem's healed...

I think it may have to do with glibc, a glibc upgrade lets you run new software on older Puppy but it can have side effects. I you want to give it a go, here's a thread with information on updating glibc:

I think it may have to do with glibc, a glibc upgrade lets you run new software on older Puppy but it can have side effects. I you want to give it a go, here's a thread with information on updating glibc:

I've read the note on the first page that versions past 4.1.x won't work on older Puppies. I can confirm that's true. I had 4.0.3 working fine on Fluppy, but 4.1.2 and 4.1.4 won't run, even after recompressing the SFS to use gzip rather than xz compression.

If I run /opt/libreoffice4.1/program/soffice.bin I get either "Segmentation fault" or "Trace/breakpoint trap" or occasionally "Illegal instruction".

Is there no fix for this? It's not a big deal, I'm just curious to know what's changed with the v. 4.1.x releases and whether I can hack it to work...

Actually even 4.0.6 doesn't work - same errors, even with pfix=ram. So 4.0.3 is the last one that'll work on this machine. I'd love to know why.

have you tried the portable apps version? they're apparently up to 4.1.4 in that format. i've never personally actually ever used this format, but i can remember coming across various favorable things about it. in fact, i think the person who made the dropbox pet i've been using for the last two years or so derived it from that platform...

have you tried the pet version? i've had machines that work better one way than the other. I'm using precise 5.5 right now on this machine. around the time i upgraded LO from 3 to 4 on it, i lost the ability to cleanly install/buglessly use libreoffice sfs files--too many remnants of old installs or something. i got rid of what i could, went the pet route, and no problems since.

think i'll try to sfs route next time, just to see if the problem's healed...

Thanks, I might give that a try. There's definitely something fundamentally changed, though. Even with a clean boot (pfix=ram) the segmentation fault remains.

Not a glaring issue, just a list of libraries in use which could be tested one by one...yes its as tedious as it sounds though so far several have been eliminated as a cause.

Its a bit like fumbling in the dark and otherwise any debug info for segemntation faults would come in the form of memory dumps though it might point to a specific libray...unfortunately i am unsure of how to obtain that either.

Not a glaring issue, just a list of libraries in use which could be tested one by one...yes its as tedious as it sounds though so far several have been eliminated as a cause.

Its a bit like fumbling in the dark and otherwise any debug info for segemntation faults would come in the form of memory dumps though it might point to a specific libray...unfortunately i am unsure of how to obtain that either.

Gumboots needed

mike

Got it

libgcc_s.so.1 from Carolina 1.1 allows me to run LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 on Fluppy. I haven't tested it extensively, but the program runs and seems fine on first inspection.

Here's the file. For safety, best to keep it separate to the rest of your system and invoke with, eg. LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/carolina_gcc_lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH and then launch LibreOffice.

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